Autographic register



Feb. 24, 1931. M. c. STERN ET AL AUTO GRAPHIC REGISTER F iled March 12, 1923, 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jrwemlm MILTON c. STERN, I FRANK E, PFEIF'FER,

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGI STER Filed March 12, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 I INVENTOILS,

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Patented Feb. 24, 1931 new UNETED STATES PATENT orrlce MILTON C. STE-RN AND FRANK E. PFEIFFER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE EG-RY REGISTER'COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Application filed March 12, 1923. Serial No. 624,515.

This invention relates to autographic registers, and in particular to autographic reg isters having in combination therewith cash drawers.

It is the object of this invention to pro vide a combination of an autograghic register and cash drawer of such character that when the autograph'ic register is actuated, after an autographic record has been made, the drawer of the cash register will be opened for the insertion or withdrawal or distribution of the cash, bills, etc. in the drawer.

It is a further object of this invention to provide, in addition to the foregoing means for releasing the drawer, mechanical means located Without the drawer to one side thereof for releasing the drawer latch so that the drawer will be opened.

These and other advantages will appear from the following description taken in con nection with the drawings.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the assembled autographic register housing and cash drawer casing.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a detail section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, showing the locking and ejecting mechanism of the cash drawer.

Figure 5 is a section of the carbon supply mechanism and an end elevation of the No sale key mechanism. This section is taken on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an end view of the swinging end of the carbon supply container, and also an end elevation of the No sale key mech anism with the register cover and housing in section, taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 7 is a vertical, longitudinal section through the register showing the latch operating mechanism.

As shown in Figure 1, the numeral 1. indicates the base of a casing containing the cash drawer. This casing has side walls 2 and 3,

a rear wall 4, a top 5 and a front wall 6. Lo cated on this casing is the autographic register, which has a base 7 resting immediately upon the top 5 of the casing, a front wall 8, side walls 9, a rear piv ted wall 10 and a cover 11. The cover has the usual writing openings 12, ben ath which appears the top autographic sheet 13. Extending transversely through the autographic register housing is a shaft 14, which is used for oper ating the Inec .anism inclosed within the housing. This shaft is rotated by means of a handle located on one end thereof without the housing. 2

The sheets of paper used in connection with this autographic register have a plurality of holes therein, and for feeding these sheets of paper there is located on the shaft 14 one or more pinwheels 16 which have teeth 17 thereon for engaging within the holes of the strips of paper. There is also located on the shaft 14, at some convenient place, a cam 18. This cam is rigid with the shaft 14 and is used for operating a rod 19 for releasing the drawer located within the casing. The manner in which the cam 18 engages the rod 19 is illustrated in Figure 7. In this figure the rod 19 is shown in an elevated position, and extends from immediately below the shaft 14, through the bottom of the autographic register housing and through the top of the drawer casing, and is supported and guided by guides 20 located on one wall of the housing.

For the purpose of supporting rolls of paper there are located on each side of the housing seats 21, which are adapted to receive one end of the ends of spindles that support the rolls. As the strips of paper extend from the rolls they pass over guide roll ers or bars 22.

The drawer located within the casing is indicated by the numeral 23, as shown in Figure 4. On the rear end of the drawer is a bracket 24 which has in the upper and outer end thereof a slot or hole 25 adapted to be engaged by a holding pawl 26. This pawl 26 is mounted upon a shaft 27, suitably journalled in a bracket 28. In the position shown in Figure 4 the drawer is held within the cas- I the lower end of the rod 19 so that the shaft ing by means of the pawl 26 engaging the bracket 24. When the pawl is released fromv the bracket a spring 29 forces the drawer outward. In the position shown in Figure 4 the spring is under compression and tends at all times to remove the drawer toward the left end, as shown in this figure, which is to an open position.

As shown in Figures2 and 4, the bracket is suitably supported by the drawer casing and provides two means of support for the shaft 27. On one end of the shaft is located a lever 30,'which is adapted to be engaged by may be rocked and the pawl 26 disengaged from the bracket 24. When the pawl is thus engaged the drawer is ejected through the compression of the spring 29. To hold the pawl 26 in the position'to engage the bracket on thedrawer there is provided a coil spring 31, one end'of which is a'tached to one. part of the bracket 28, while the other end is attached to the pawl 26.

eration of the cash register,there is provided on one side of the rod 19 a shoulder 32, which is engaged by means of a lever 33-p1voted at one end to one side of the cash register housing at a point 34. To the other end is attached a key member 35 whlch extends through'a slot 3 1n one side of the cash register housing. By means of the key 35 the end of the lever 33 opposite the pivot 34 can be lowered. In lowering the lever 33 the shoulder is engaged on the rod 19-50 that the rod is lowered. By this means the lever 30 is moved to rock the shaft 27 so that the looking pawl 26 is elevated to release the drawer, whereupon the spring 29 forces the drawer outward to open position.

Extending down from the lever 33 is a lip 37 which is engaged by a sliding lock member 38 to prevent the operation of'the drawer look by the key 35. This sliding lock has slots 39 therein in which are pins or screws 40. When the sliding lock member is in the position shown in Figure 7 the drawer cannot be what we claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a casing, of a drawer slidable in the casing, a spring normally pressing the drawer outwardly, a lock normally operating to lock the drawer closed in the casing and including a locking arm, a lever, a shaft and a spring 'on said shaft engaging said arm and lever to hold the looking arm in locking position, a reciprocative rod for actuating the lock-controlling member to release the drawer, a pivoted lever having a key extending through a side wall operative to engage and to move said rod to engage said lever to release the drawer, and a latch adjustable to engage'the lever to prevent movement of said leverto move the rod engaging the crank-arm and operative to move the crank-arm to rotate the shaft againstthe torsion of the spring to actuate the catch arm to release the drawer, and a lever having a key extending through. a side wall to engage and operate said rod.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures. v i

I MILTON C. STERN. V

FRANK E. PFEIFFER.

released by the lever 33. When the lock 7 member 37 is moved out of line with lip 37 the lever can be lowered to operate the drawer lock means. The pivoted rear wall is locked closed by lock 41. In order to set the sliding lock member 38 the rear wall must be opened.

e desire to comprehend within our invention such modifications as may be clearly embraced within our claims and the scope of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, 

